In my paper, I examine the British Museum’s history of appropriation and exploitation using the m... more In my paper, I examine the British Museum’s history of appropriation and exploitation using the modern nations of Nigeria, Zambia, and Ethiopia as case studies. The British Museum’s acquisition as well as continued withholdment of artifacts such as the Benin Bronzes, the Broken Hill skull, and Ethiopian religious manuscripts serve to embolden Britain’s colonial legacy by extending the consequences of the expeditions, lootings, and violent invasions of ancient African nations to include current cultural loss. The arguments for these artifacts’ repatriation center around their historical significances to their countries of origin.
How does interracial attraction expose power dynamics within both heterosexual and queer relation... more How does interracial attraction expose power dynamics within both heterosexual and queer relationships in accordance with historical and institutional infringements on civil rights? With my research paper, I aim to unpack the power dynamics, present and historically constructed, within white-person of color relationships, as well as the desires for whiteness, cisheteronormativity, and assimilation inherent in them due to hegemonic, normative systems of superiority and dependency. I will use American court cases to demonstrate institutional infringements on queerness as well as scholarly articles which support my point that whiteness infiltrates every aspect of life including relationships and the dynamics which form them, with a specific focus on visibility.
Perceptions (Temple Undergraduate History and Social Sciences Journal), 2019
How does interracial attraction expose power dynamics within both heterosexual and queer relation... more How does interracial attraction expose power dynamics within both heterosexual and queer relationships in accordance with historical and institutional infringements on civil rights? With my research paper, I aim to unpack the power dynamics, present and historically constructed, within white-person of color relationships, as well as the desires for whiteness, cisheteronormativity, and assimilation inherent in them due to hegemonic, normative systems of superiority and dependency. I will use American court cases to demonstrate institutional infringements on queerness as well as scholarly articles which support my point that whiteness infiltrates every aspect of life including relationships and the dynamics which form them, with a specific focus on visibility.
In my paper, I examine the British Museum’s history of appropriation and exploitation using the m... more In my paper, I examine the British Museum’s history of appropriation and exploitation using the modern nations of Nigeria, Zambia, and Ethiopia as case studies. The British Museum’s acquisition as well as continued withholdment of artifacts such as the Benin Bronzes, the Broken Hill skull, and Ethiopian religious manuscripts serve to embolden Britain’s colonial legacy by extending the consequences of the expeditions, lootings, and violent invasions of ancient African nations to include current cultural loss. The arguments for these artifacts’ repatriation center around their historical significances to their countries of origin.
How does interracial attraction expose power dynamics within both heterosexual and queer relation... more How does interracial attraction expose power dynamics within both heterosexual and queer relationships in accordance with historical and institutional infringements on civil rights? With my research paper, I aim to unpack the power dynamics, present and historically constructed, within white-person of color relationships, as well as the desires for whiteness, cisheteronormativity, and assimilation inherent in them due to hegemonic, normative systems of superiority and dependency. I will use American court cases to demonstrate institutional infringements on queerness as well as scholarly articles which support my point that whiteness infiltrates every aspect of life including relationships and the dynamics which form them, with a specific focus on visibility.
Perceptions (Temple Undergraduate History and Social Sciences Journal), 2019
How does interracial attraction expose power dynamics within both heterosexual and queer relation... more How does interracial attraction expose power dynamics within both heterosexual and queer relationships in accordance with historical and institutional infringements on civil rights? With my research paper, I aim to unpack the power dynamics, present and historically constructed, within white-person of color relationships, as well as the desires for whiteness, cisheteronormativity, and assimilation inherent in them due to hegemonic, normative systems of superiority and dependency. I will use American court cases to demonstrate institutional infringements on queerness as well as scholarly articles which support my point that whiteness infiltrates every aspect of life including relationships and the dynamics which form them, with a specific focus on visibility.
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